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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Wuhan
St. Joseph's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It was completed in 1876, shut down during the Cultural Revolution, and re-opened in 1980. The cathedral is located at 16 Shanghai Road, Wuhan. Architecture According to the government of Hubei, the cathedral building is a Romanesque Revival two-story structure made of timber and brick. Its total length is and total width is . Its main hall is wide. On each side at the rear of the cathedral, there is a dome-shaped Belfry (architecture), belfry. The cross at the top of the cathedral stands high from the ground. The building area of the cathedral is . It has five altars and can accommodate over 1,000 people. History Construction In 1862, Eustache Modeste Zanoli (Chinese name: ), then vicar apostolic of Hubei, moved the bishop's seat from Yingcheng, Hubei, Yingcheng to Wuchang. In 1866, he bought a section of marshland within the Concessions in China, English concession of Hankou and turned it s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hankou
Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers where the Han flows into the Yangtze. Hankou is connected by bridges to its triplet sister towns Hanyang (between Han and Yangtze) and Wuchang (on the south side of the Yangtze). Hankou is the main port of Hubei province and the single largest port in the middle reaches of Yangtze. History The city's name literally means "Mouth of the Han", from its position at the confluence of the Han with the Yangtze River. The name appears in a Tang Dynasty poem by Liu Changqing. Other historical names for the city include Xiakou (), Miankou (), and Lukou (). Hankou, from the Ming to late Qing, was under the administration of the local government in Hanyang, although it was already one of the four major national markets ( :zh:四大名镇) in Ming dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
